Heating-oil futures climb 2%, lead crude prices higher

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- December heating oil climbed 3.65 cents, or 2.1%, to $1.815 a gallon in early afternoon dealings. The Energy Department said distillate supplies, which include heating oil, fell for a seventh week in a row. December crude was up 19 cents at $59.90 a barrel, recovering from a drop to a low of $58.50 following a bigger-than-expected rise in stocks. December unleaded gas was at $1.5875 a gallon, up 2.52 cents and December natural gas tacked on 3.7 cents to $11.83 per million British thermal units.

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